Here's a really good TED talks about the real secrets of success by Richard St. John, based on his book Stupid, Ugly, Unlucky and RICH: What really leads to success -- and it's not smarts, looks, or luck. It's a three minute video of his presentation at TED talks. Watch it. It's pretty good.
Here's a pretty interesting site for people who like history. This guys has visited a lot of the presidential grave sites. He has photos and interesting facts about the presidents. Just click on the President's name. For example Abraham Lincoln was the first President to be photographed at his inauguration and some people believe that John Wilkes Booth, his assassin can be identified in the photos. Here's another interesting tidbit, Andrew Jackson's pet parrot had to be removed from his funeral because it was cursing.